Education for sustainable development (ESD) through engineering makerspaces
This article should be read by educators at all levels in higher education who are curious about how maker spaces and communities can contribute to sustainability efforts in engineering education....
A focus on...Consultations 2021-2023
The need for EPC to represent the views of the entire engineering community within HE has never been more crucial, and one way we do this is by providing consultation...
Imagine an engineer...
For engineering to focus on meeting future challenges, we will continue to need the traditional engineering scientists, but we will also need to expand our legions of design engineers to...
Innovation: New ideas and new people
On Monday 12th June 2023, the EPC was honoured that Prof Dame Athene Donald DBE, FRS HonFInstP delivered a public lecture as part of the Engineering Academics Network Annual Congress...
Sustainability Toolkit
Welcome to the EPC’s Sustainability toolkit, produced in partnership with Siemens and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Here you will find our resource designed to help engineering educators integrate sustainability-related...
Engineering Ethics Toolkit: Blogs
These blogs provide background, opinion and updates on the Engineering Ethics Toolkit.
Five panels you can't afford to miss at EAN Congress in under five weeks
The Engineering Academics Network Annual Congress is the flagship event of the EPC each year and in 2023, our theme is 'New Models’. We will be exploring some of the...
Six reasons why you should be at Congress: new models in six weeks time
Every year, the Engineering Professors' Council flagship Congress meeting defines what's hot in engineering academia. Competitively hosted by EPC members themselves on a UK touring model, in 2023 we are...
Case enhancement: Industrial pollution from an ageing pipeline and its impact on local communities
Prompts to facilitate discussion activities.
Case enhancement: Glass safety in a heritage building conversion
This enhancement is for an activity found in the Dilemma Part two, Point 1 section of the case study Glass safety in a heritage building conversion.
Case enhancement: Developing an internet constellation
Anatomy of an internet satellite.
Case enhancement: Power-to-food technologies
An ethical evaluation of the technology and its impacts.
Case enhancement: Water wars: managing competing water rights
Role-play the council meeting, with students playing different characters representing different perspectives.